Oholah

Oholah is a woman living at the time of the exile and return. She is named in 4 verses of the Bible, first in Ezekiel 23:4.

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Verses

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 23:4
  And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 23:5
  And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
• Ezekiel 23:36
  The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
• Ezekiel 23:44
  Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.